fem perspective of family

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  • Feminist view of the family
    • types
      • liberal
        • Somerville
          • increased choice and dual worker family growth has led to greater equality in marriage
      • radical
        • Dobash and Dobash
          • patriarchal, heterosexual marriage legitimates violence against women as violent incidents are triggered by challenges to authority
      • difference
        • Dunne
          • lesbian families create new forms of mothering and have joint conjugal roles and provides evidence that tasks are not directly linked to gender scripts
      • marxist
        • Ansley
          • family functions to stabilise adult personalities as the wife acts as a 'safety valve' providing emotional support meaning women 'takers of ****'
      • in between
        • Oakley
          • industrialisation has led to a gap in paid work and exclusion from the workplace- socially constructing the housewife role
    • opposing views
      • Willmott and young
        • family has become privatised due to industrialisation and a march of progress- creating the symmetrical family which is home centred and has joint conjugal roles
      • Parson
        • 2 irreducible functions of the nuclear family are to provide SOAP and primary socialisation
    • contemporary issues
      • country press- violence against women and girls to be focus of youth scrutiny groups
      • BBC- calls for more support for victims of domestic abuse at risk of homelessness
    • item links
      • role in continuing oppression of women- D&D
      • essential for society- parsons

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